Ensembles
- Elementary Honors Choir – Grades 4-6
- Junior High Honors Choir – Grades 7-9
Materials Needed for Audition
- One mp3 recording for each student that contains the two vocalise/scales and the solo. Please note that a director can only submit 16 auditions per school/organization for each ensemble.
- One Student Form filled out (on this website) for each student which includes basic information such as:
- Student’s name, grade, and voice part
- Parent’s name, phone and email
- One Director Form filled out (on this website) which includes basic information such as:
- Personal information – name, address, phone, email, etc.
- School information – name and address
- Your NAfME or ACDA membership cards will need to be scanned and uploaded onto this site.
There is an audition fee of $8.00 per student. Directors are to mail one check made out to “NJMEA” for the combination of all of the student audition fees to the appropriate manager. For example,
- If you have four students auditioning for Elementary, you would write out one check to NJMEA for $32.00.
- If you have four students auditioning for Elementary and four students auditioning for Junior High, you would write out one check to NJMEA for $64.00.
- Please print and include this All State Check Form with the mailed-in check.
Once accepted, students will need to pay $25.00 for an application fee.
Music Information
They should use the following script when creating their audition recording:
- “Hello, my name is_____, I am in the ____ grade and I am auditioning for the voice part of ______. “
- My starting pitch for my first vocalise/scale is ______.”(*Give pitch*) (*One-second pause*)(SING FIRST VOCALISE/SCALE)
- My starting pitch for my second vocalise/scale is _________.”(*Give pitch*) (*One-second pause*)(SING SECOND VOCALISE/SCALE)
- My starting pitch for “Shenandoah” is ______.”(*Give pitch*) (*One-second pause*)(SING “Shenandoah”)
Each section of the audition may be recorded separately and combined into a single track on a software program such as Garageband. However, an individual section must be recorded in a single take (For example: The first vocalise cannot have an edited portion within the singing segment. However, vocalise 1 and vocalise 2 can be recorded separately.) Evidence of splicing or audio enhancement effects in the middle of a single singing section will result in disqualification.